The Big Bang theory is the widely accepted theory, explains the beginning of the universe. It was proposed in 1931, and the term 'Big Bang' was coined in 1949. It seems like there was an explosion from name, but actually, the Big Bang is a misnomer.
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The Big Bang theory suggest that the universe began from Singularity, point of infinite density and temp. Then a rapid expansion started and the temperature started to fall. This expansion is still continuing and everything in the universe is moving apart
According to Big Bang theory time began with the Big Bang. And before the Big Bang there was no time mean there was no before. While the string theory suggest the possibility of the existence of time even before Big Bang so it's still a mystery
In the beginning, the universe was in a hot and dense state where the four fundamental forces were unified into a single superforce. It was the first Era, and it lasted for 10-β΄Β³ seconds after the Big Bang.
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The next era is known as the GUT era when gravity became distinct, and the other three forces remained unified. This era lasted for 10-Β³β΅ seconds after the Big Bang.
As the universe continued to cool further, the strong nuclear
force also became distinct. This era is known as the Electroweak era because the electroweak force is still combined. At this point, the temperature of the universe had dropped from infinity to 10ΒΉβ΅K. There are no matter particles, just photons and energy.
After 10-ΒΉβ° seconds of the Big Bang the four forces became distinct, allowing particles to form. However, matter and antimatter both formed in equal amounts. As the universe was so dense, matter and antimatter continued to meet with each
other and annihilate into energy again. So the cycle of creation and destruction of matter and antimatter continued until 0.001 second from the Big Bang. When the temperature of the universe dropped to 10ΒΉΒ² K, the amount of matter formation slightly increased than antimatter.
Matter existed in a very hot and dense state, a soup-like mixture of quarks and gluons known as quark-gluon plasma. Quarks are the building blocks of proton and neutron, and the gluons overcome the repulsion between positively charged protons.
After 1 ms of the Big Bang quarks and gluons started to combine to form proton and neutron, while the first nuclei were not formed until 3 min after the Big Bang when the temperature of the universe dropped to 10βΉK, allowing nucleons to combine.
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As the Universe was too hot to form neutral atoms particles were present in the form of atomic nuclei and free electrons or in other words matter was present in the form of plasma. The Universe was so dense and the particles and photons were not allowed to escape
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Approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang the universe had cooled enough for electrons to combine with nuclei. This event is known as recombination. It allowed photons to travel freely through space for the first time and created the first light.
In the beginning there was no light. As photons are the particles that carry light and it was not allowed to travel freely through space. It was 380,000 years after the Big Bang when the first light generated known as the CMB
The CMB was the first light in the universe and it filled the universe in all directions. CMB is still present in the universe. It has been traveling through space since it was first emitted cooling down as the universe expands. The current temperature of the CMB is approx 2.7K.
Chemically light elements formed after the Big Bang (hydrogen 75%, helium 24%, lithium <1%) gathered to form stars. Gravity caused regions of slightly higher density to attract more matter eventually leading to the formation of the first stars
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As mentioned earlier, the universe is continuously expanding. Here the question arises: why is it expanding? Should not be it contracting due to gravitational force? Dark energy is believed to be the cause of the continuous expanding universe.
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Everything has an end; the Big Bang is not only the starting point; it can also be the end point of the universe, means another Big Bang. The universe is expanding, but one time will come when it'll start to contract again. And when will it happen?
It depends on the amount of dark energy present in the universe As we understand, dark energy is in limited amount so one time will come when its influence will become less than that of gravity And gravity will cause universe to contracting again until it reach singularity.
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Seismic waves are energy waves generated by earthquakes or other geological processes that travel through the Earth's layers. They can be categorized into two types: Body waves and Surface waves based on their mode of propagation.
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Type of seismic waves that travel through the Earth's interior layers. They are faster than surface waves and are the first to be detected by seismographs after an earthquake occurs. Body waves can be further divided into two types: P waves and S waves.
P waves, or Primary Waves, are the fastest of all seismic waves and the first wave to arrive. P waves are compressional waves, meaning they propagate like sound waves through compression and dilation in the medium.
A Neutron Star is the smallest and densest star ever known, composed mainly of neutrons. Its size ranges from 10 km to 20 km. It was theorized in 1934, just two years after the discovery of the neutron particle, and discovered in 1967.
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A neutron star forms when a massive star with a mass of 8 to 20 solar masses runs out of fuel. When a star exhaust its fuel and can no longer generate energy through nuclear fusion, its core fails to produce enough pressure to counteract gravitational forces.
The star begins to contract under its own gravity. For massive stars, it is intense enough to fuse electrons and protons together, resulting in the formation of neutrons. This process leaves behind a dense star composed almost entirely of neutrons, which we call a "Neutron Star."
General Relativity is Einstein's theory of gravitation published in 1915, ten years after Special Relativity. It is essentially a theory about space, time and gravity, it also deals with phenomena in intense gravitational fields.
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Albert Einstein concluded that space and time are not two different things but one. Space includes three dimensions: length, breadth, and height. The universe is not three-dimensional; there's a fourth dimension too, which is time.
A dimension is like a direction you can move in. Just as we can move in space (i.e., back and forth, left and right, up and down), we can move in time too. Surprisingly, we can move into the future but can't go back to the past.
ICUBE-Q is a Pakistani CubeSat launched on May 3, 2024 by China. A CubeSat is a type of satellite with a cubic shape and a size of 10 cm or more. The Q here stands for Qamar, which is an Arabic word for Moon.
The Chang'e 6 mission is a Chinese lunar mission that will carry ICUBE-Q with it. It's the sixth lunar mission of China aimed at exploring the moon. Chang'e is the name of the Chinese goddess of the moon. The Chang'e program consist of four phases:
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The first phase is to reach lunar orbit to explore the visible area of the moon and create a 3D map of the lunar surface. This was achieved by Chang'e 1 in 2007 and Chang'e 2 in 2010.
Everything has a beginning and an end. The Big Bang was the beginning of the universe, but how will it end? Based on long-term research and evidence collected by various sources, scientists have proposed several theories.
The universe came into existence from a point called singularity, as it started to expand and this expansion is still continue. In the beginning of the 20th century, Edwin Hubble found the first evidence of an expanding universe, leading to the acceptance of the Big Bang theory.
But why does it expand? It should contract due to gravitational force. The reason is unknown; scientists call it dark energy, which expands the universe. Dark energy plays an important role in understanding the fate of the universe.
Everything in the universe is made up of particles; some have mass and some don't. But what causes some particles to have mass while others do not? The Higgs Boson, or God particle, is responsible for the mass of matter.
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The Higgs boson was theorized in 1960 by Peter Higgs and five other scientists as a particle responsible for the mass of matter. While it was not discovered until 2012, the Higgs boson was first experienced practically at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
It is the largest particle accelerator in the world, consisting of a 27km-long ring. The LHC is basically used to collide hadrons (particles made up of quarks). It accelerates particles at very high speeds using powerful magnets.